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Established in 1997, the CCPA’s BC Office investigates key challenges facing our province through independent research, analysis and expertise. We propose real, workable solutions, and share our findings as widely as possible to advance social, economic and environmental justice – and to challenge the message that there is no alternative.
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Spotlight on health care austerity: seniors’ residential care
Let’s break down changes in health care spending by age group. You might think that as overall health care spending in BC has gone up, we…
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Austerity comes to BC’s health care system
For many years, BC’s health care system escaped the austerity imposed on other parts of the public sector. No longer. While total dollars allocated to…
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CCPA Submission to BC Budget Consultations 2016
Download 1.07 MB 17 pages Canada’s economy has disappointed in 2015, dipping into a recession in the first half of the year. BC’s economy is…
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Relief, cautious optimism and disappointments: Lessons from the 2015 federal election
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We have a new federal government. What now?
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Relief, cautious optimism and disappointments – lessons from the 2015 federal election
By Seth Klein and Shannon Daub It’s only been a few days since Canadians turfed the Harper Conservatives from office. But it feels like a…
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BC Commentary: A review of provincial social, economic and environmental trends
Fall 2015, Volume 18, Number 3 Download 1.89 MB8 pages Inside this issue: Moving Forward: Unheard Voices — The needs of seniors from smaller ethno-cultural…
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Voting to take care of one another
This week my dad will be discharged from hospital in time to vote in the federal election. After receiving exemplary service from palliative care and…
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Why my dad and I will vote for health
As a family physician, the most important way I can help (and not harm) my patients, is to vote for healthcare in this election.
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A petro state, a fracking frenzy and one woman’s battle for justice: Andrew Nikiforuk’s latest should be required reading for MLAs
Andrew Nikiforuk’s new book, Slick Water: Fracking and One Insider’s Stand Against the World’s Most Powerful Industry, captures like never before how fossil fuel companies…
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Can the federal parties’ child care proposals pay for the $10 a Day Plan?
We’ve been glad to see child care emerge as a key issue in this federal election, with three major parties (Greens, Liberals and NDP) vying…
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Child care and the federal election: where have the parties landed?
By Lynell Anderson and Iglika Ivanova Canada is one of the few advanced countries that doesn’t yet have a national child care system. We invest…
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